Respiratory Care Therapy at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

If you plan to study respiratory care therapy/therapist, take a look at what University of North Carolina at Charlotte has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNC Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,146. Of the 760 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2021, 50 of them were respiratory care therapy/therapist majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Respiratory Care Therapy section at the bottom of this page.

UNC Charlotte Respiratory Care Therapy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist
• Master’s Degree in Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

Online Classes Are Available at UNC Charlotte

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UNC Charlotte does offer online courses in respiratory care therapy/therapist for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UNC Charlotte Respiratory Care Therapy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the respiratory care therapy/therapist progam at UNC Charlotte compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The respiratory care therapy/therapist major at UNC Charlotte is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Respiratory Care Therapy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	6
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Degree Schools	7
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Best Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	34
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
	42
Most Focused Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	221
Best Value Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	226
	249

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist from UNC Charlotte. This makes it the #2 most popular school for respiratory care therapy/therapist master’s degree candidates in the country.

Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Student Demographics at UNC Charlotte

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the respiratory care therapy/therapist majors at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte Respiratory Care Therapy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 50 respiratory care therapy/therapist students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UNC Charlotte, about 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical respiratory care therapy/therapist bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at UNC Charlotte since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist at UNC Charlotte are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a bachelor's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNC Charlotte Respiratory Care Therapy Master’s Program

Of the 21 students who earned a master's degree in Respiratory Care Therapy from UNC Charlotte in 2020-2021, 43% were men and 57% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in respiratory care therapy/therapist each year. UNC Charlotte does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

Of the students who received a respiratory care therapy/therapist master's degree from UNC Charlotte, 62% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a master's in respiratory care therapy/therapist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UNC Charlotte also has a doctoral program available in respiratory care therapy/therapist. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Athletic Training
• Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

Careers That Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist Grads May Go Into

A degree in respiratory care therapy/therapist can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Respiratory Therapists	4,390	$56,620

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Stanton49 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.